BROOKLYN, TRIED %
TO PROTECT %
RENTERS FROM %
BEING THROWN OUT %
OF THEIR HOMES.
>> EVICTION %
MORATORIUMS ARE %
A TEMPORARY %
MEASURE DESIGNED %
TO PAUSE THE
EVICTION PROCESS.
DUE TO THE %
MATURE ERIE HIM
EXPIRING AS THEY %
HAVE IN OVER
HALF THE STATE, %
THE EVICTION %
PROCESS TAKES UP
WHERE IT LEFT %
OFF AND WHERE IT %
WAS. %
THE UNITED %
STATES IS %
POSITIONED TO %
FACE THE MOST %
SEVERE HOUSING %
CRISIS WE HAVE %
SEEN IN OUR %
COUNTRY. %
RIGHT NOW WE ARE %
LOOKING AT %
SOMEWHERE %
BETWEEN 19 TO 28
MILLION RENTERS
LOSING THEIR %
HOMES. %
MY NAME IS %
NATALIE. %
I LIVE IN %
BROOKLYN.
>> I’M AN
ADMINISTRATOR. I
HEAD UP A %
NONPROFIT.
AND I WORK FROM
HOME, REMOTE.
ONE ROOMMATE IS %
A COLLEGE %
STUDENT AND THE %
OTHER IS A %
LIGHTING %
DESIGNER WHO’S %
BEEN OUT OF WORK.
I’M ADVOCATING
FOR HER TO GET %
HER JOB BACK. %
LIKE I AM DOING %
A LOT OF %
ADVOCACY WORK %
FOR THE %
ORGANIZATION I
WORK WITH.
WHEN I CAME %
HERE, AND MY %
REMAKE CAME %
HERE, THERE %
HADN’T BEEN A
HISTORY -- EVERY
NEW WAVE OF %
TENANTS -- ONCE %
THE PANDEMIC %
STARTED AFTER %
THE INITIAL %
SHOCK AND PANIC %
OF NOT KNOWING %
WHAT WOULD %
HAPPEN, WE WERE %
PROACTIVE AND WE %
REACHED OUT TO %
THE MANAGEMENT %
COMMITTEE TO SAY %
HEY, WE ARE
GOING TO -- CAN %
WE WORK WITH YOU%
? WE ASKED HIM
IN LIGHT OF %
RECENT EVENTS WE %
ARE NOT ABLE TO %
PAY OUR RENT AND %
WE HAVE TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN %
HEALTH AND RENT. % WHAT -- CAN WE %
WHAT -- CAN WE %
TALK ABOUT IT?
A LOT OF PEOPLE %
CAN’T PAY AND IT %
ISN’T BECAUSE I %
DON’T WANT TO %
PAY. %
THEY WERE PAYING
BEFORE. %
IT IS LITERALLY %
LIKE THEY DON’T %
HAVE JOBS. %
THE MONEY %
THEY’RE HAVING, %
MY REMAKE FOR %
UNEMPLOYMENT. %
SHE WAS A %
CONTRACTOR SHE’S %
GONE THROUGH HER %
SAVINGS AND WAS %
BETWEEN RENT AND %
MEDICINE. %
AND I DON’T SEE %
WHY HE SHOULD %
MAKE MONEY OFF %
OF US IF WE ARE %
NOT OKAY. %
>> OTHER THAN %
BEING TAKEN TO %
JAIL, I CAN’T %
THINK OF
ANYTHING MORE %
DESTABILIZING
RIGHT NOW.
>> MY NAME IS
ESTA VON, I’M AN %
ORGANIZER AND %
MEMBER OF THE
HASIDIC UNION.
OUR ASSOCIATION
IS NEIGHBORS %
TALKING TO EACH
OTHER ABOUT THE %
THINGS THEY ARE %
EXPERIENCING.
BASED ON THE %
PROCESS OF
LANDLORD AS THE
BOSS, JUST AS %
YOU WOULD IN THE %
WORKPLACE.
YOU DECIDE WHAT %
YOU ARE GOING TO %
PAY. SOME PEOPLE %
IT IS DOING %
REPAIRS. %
SOME PEOPLE IT
IS BEING IN %
SOLIDARITY WITH %
OTHER TENANTS %
WHO CANNOT PAY %
RENT AND I’M %
SAYING I WILL %
WITHHOLD MY RENT %
-- THE LANDLORD %
DEALS WITH THAT %
TO MAKE SURE %
THAT MY %
NEIGHBORS ARE %
SAFE. %
>> WE CAN’T %
PEOPLE HOUSE %
STABLY THROUGH %
THIS TIME, WE %
CAN EXPECT THE %
UNITED STATES TO %
FALL INTO A %
SECOND WAVE OF
PUBLIC HEALTH %
CRISIS IN THE %
FORM OF
WIDESPREAD %
EVICTION AND %
HEALTH CARE %
EXPENDITURES AND %
POOR OUTCOMES %
THAT IT CAUSES. %
>> MY HOPE IS %
THAT ENOUGH %
PEOPLE ARE %
AFFECTED BY THE
CRISIS THAT IT %
CAUSES THE %
GOVERNMENT AND %
HOUSING %
SITUATION TO %
HAVE TO PROVIDE
FUNDING. %
>> THE %
PROPOSITION IS %
IN PLACE TO %
CANCEL THE RENT %
OR RENT RELIEF %
AND THE MENTOR
ARE DESIGNED TO %
CREATE A PAUSE %
AND UPLIFT IT SO %
ALL MEMBERS OF
THE HOUSING %
MARKET AND THE %
TENANTS AND %
PROPERTY OWNERS %
ARE ABLE TO %
WEATHER THIS %
STORM.
>> THE SYSTEM %
FROM TOP TO %
BOTTOM IS %
ROTTING.
I THINK IT IS %
LIKE -- NOW I’M %
TRYING TO FIGURE %
OUT MY FOOD AND %
MY MEDICINE. %
>> I HOPE THAT %
IT PUTS PRESSURE %
ON THE %
GOVERNMENT.
I THINK WE ARE
AT A TURNING %
POINT. %
WHEN PEOPLE SEE %
WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
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